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  • 81human-factors engineering — ▪ bioengineering Introduction also called  ergonomics,  or  human engineering,         science dealing with the application of information on physical and psychological characteristics to the design of devices and systems for human use.       The …

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  • 82Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like… …

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  • 83blown — adjective /bləʊn,bloʊn/ a) distended, swollen or inflated b) panting and out of breath …

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  • 84tumescent — adjective /tuˈmɛsənt,tjuˈmɛsənt/ a) swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue. b) inflated or overblown See Also: tumescence …

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  • 85balloon — 1. An inflatable spherical or ovoid device used to retain tubes or catheters in, or provide support to, various body structures. 2. A distensible device used to stretch or occlude a viscus or blood vessel. 3. To distend a body cavi …

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  • 86test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …

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  • 87turgid, turbid — These look alikes are frequently confused but have nothing in common except looks. Turgid means swollen, overblown, inflated, distended, and pompous : The candidate then delivered a long, turgid speech. The stream is turgid because of spring… …

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  • 88ample — Synonyms and related words: abounding, abundant, adequate, affluent, all sufficing, amplify, amplitudinous, aplenty, augment, barely sufficient, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, broad, capacious, commensurate, commodious, competent, complete,… …

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  • 89big — Synonyms and related words: adult, aggrandized, ample, apotheosized, arrogant, arty, awash, awesome, awful, awfully, beatified, benevolent, big boy, big cheese, big noise, big shot, big league, big name, big time, bighearted, bigwig, bigwigged,… …

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  • 90bloated — Synonyms and related words: accelerated, adipose, aggrandized, amplified, arrogant, augmented, bagging, baggy, ballooning, bandy, bandy legged, beefed up, beefy, bellying, big bellied, billowing, billowy, blemished, bloated with pride, blown up,… …

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